For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “consular courier” means a person who has been provided by the State on behalf of which they are acting with an official document confirming their status as a consular courier in accordance with Article 35(5) of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 M1,

• “consular post” means any consulate-general, consulate, vice-consulate or consular agency,

• “diplomatic courier” means a person who has been provided by the State on behalf of which they are acting with an official document confirming their status as a diplomatic courier in accordance with Article 27(5) of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961,

• “international organisation” means an international organisation accorded privileges and immunities in the United Kingdom,

• “member of a consular post” means “consular officer”, “consular employee” and “member of the service staff” as defined in schedule 1 of the Consular Relations Act 1968 M2, and “head of consular post” has the meaning given in that schedule, and

• “member of a diplomatic mission” means “head of the mission”, “members of the diplomatic service”, “members of the administrative and technical staff” and “members of the service staff” as defined in schedule 1 of the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 M3.

This paragraph is without prejudice to any immunity from jurisdiction or inviolability which is accorded to any person described in sub-paragraph (1) under the law of Scotland apart from these Regulations.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) and paragraph 3—

• “Crown servant” has the meaning given in section 12(1)(a) to (e) of the Official Secrets Act 1989 M4,

• “essential government work” means work which has been designated as such by the relevant Department or employer, and

• “government contractor” has the meaning given in section 12(2) of the Official Secrets Act 1989.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

• “defence” has the meaning given in section 2(4) of the Official Secrets Act 1989, and

• F46“visiting force” means any body, contingent or detachment of the forces of a country, being a body, contingent or detachment for the time being present in the United Kingdom (including United Kingdom territorial waters), on the invitation of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

A road passenger transport worker.

Seamen and masters, as defined in section 313(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work or have been repatriated to the United Kingdom in accordance with the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 or the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007.

For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “not accessible to passengers” means separated by a continuous physical barrier which passengers are not permitted to cross, and

• “passenger” does not include a person of the description in paragraph 4F(1)(b).

A road haulage worker F13... .

For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “driver” includes a person who is travelling in a vehicle as a relief driver,

• “goods vehicle” has the meaning given in section 192 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 M5,

• “road haulage worker” means—

  1. a

     the driver of a goods vehicle that is being used in connection with the carriage of goods, other than goods for non-commercial personal use by the driver, or

  2. b

     a person who is employed by the holder of a Community licence issued under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council [on common rules for access to the international road haulage market] M6, and who is acting in the course of their employment,

• F14...

• F14...

Operational, rail maintenance, safety and security workers working on the tunnel system who have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) “tunnel system” has the meaning given in section 1(7) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

• “consular post” means any consulate-general, consulate, vice-consulate or consular agency,

• “Crown servant” has the meaning given in section 12(1)(a) to (e) of the Official Secrets Act 1989,

• “essential government work” means work which has been designated as such by the relevant Department, and includes, in particular, work related to national security, the work of the National Crime Agency in pursuance of its statutory functions, and work related to immigration, the coronavirus disease or any other crisis response, but does not include work of the description in paragraph 2 of Part 1 of this schedule,

• “essential policing” means policing which has been designated as such on behalf of the relevant chief officer or chief constable,

• “essential state business” means activity which has been designated as essential to the United Kingdom or Her Majesty’s Government by the relevant Department, and includes, in particular, bilateral or multilateral discussions with another state or international organisation and visits to another state on behalf of the United Kingdom or Her Majesty’s Government,

• “government contractor” has the meaning given in section 12(2) of the Official Secrets Act 1989.

A person returning from undertaking essential or emergency work outside of the United Kingdom, which has been certified by the relevant Department as necessary to facilitate essential government work or essential state business.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) “essential government work” and “essential state business” have the same meaning as in paragraph 14.

For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “essential or emergency works” includes—

  1. a

     inspections, maintenance, repairs, and asset replacement activities,

  2. b

     monitoring, sampling and analysis of water supplies under the Water Intended for Human Consumption (Private Supplies) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 M10F20, the Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 or the Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014), F21...

• F22“relevant person” has the meaning given in—

  1. a

     regulation 3(1) of the Water Intended for Human Consumption (Private Supplies) (Scotland) Regulations 2017, or

  2. b

     regulation 4 of the Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006, and

• “Scottish Water” means the body corporate established by section 20(1) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 M11.

Workers engaged in essential or emergency works on behalf of a local authority relating to flood risk management, within the meaning of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 or the Coast Protection Act 1949.

For the purposes of this sub- paragraph (1)—

• “distribution licence” means a licence granted under section 6(1)(c) of the Electricity Act 1989 M15,

• “electricity interconnector”, “generating station” and “transmission system” have the meanings given in section 64(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 M16,

• “essential or emergency works” includes commissioning, inspections, maintenance, repairs, and asset replacement activities,

• “national system operator” means the person operating the national transmission system for Great Britain,

• “network”, in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(v) and (vi), has the meaning given in section 83(1) of the Railways Act 1993 M17, and

• “transmission licence” means a licence granted under section 6(1)(b) of the Electricity Act 1989.

For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “agency inspector” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000 M18,

• “Euratom inspector” means an inspector sent to the United Kingdom by the Commission of the European Union in accordance with Articles 81 and 82 of the Euratom Treaty,

• “nuclear emergency responder” means a person providing assistance to the United Kingdom in accordance with the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency done at Vienna on 26 September 1986, who has been duly notified to and accepted by the United Kingdom, where the United Kingdom has requested assistance under that Convention,

• “nuclear personnel” means—

  1. a

     a worker who is employed to carry out work on or in relation to a site in respect of which a nuclear site licence has been granted,

  2. b

     an employee of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority M19, and

• “nuclear site licence” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 M20.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

• “space site” has the meaning given in paragraph 5(3) of schedule 4 of the Space Industry Act 2018 M22,

• “space situational awareness capabilities” means the sensors, systems and analytical services needed to provide time-sensitive warnings of space weather events, orbital collisions, orbital fragmentations or the re-entry of man-made objects from orbit,

• “spacecraft” has the meaning given in section 2(6) of the Space Industry Act 2018, and

• “spacecraft controller” means a person competent, authorised and responsible for maintaining safe and secure operation of spacecraft through monitoring the status of a spacecraft, issuing manoeuvre commands or controlling other aspects of the spacecraft that influence its behaviour including its motion in space.

A specialist aerospace engineer, or a specialist aerospace worker, where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

• “specialist aerospace engineer” means a person who is employed or otherwise engaged to provide engineering services for the purpose of ensuring the continued operation of aviation activities (including but not limited to the provision of maintenance and repair services for production lines, aviation components, grounded aircraft and new aircraft), and

• “specialist aerospace worker” means a person who is employed or otherwise engaged to provide services for the purpose of ensuring safety management and quality assurance as required by relevant standards, guidance and publications on aviation safety produced by the Civil Aviation Authority or the European Union Aviation Safety Agency M23.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

• “F28offshore installation” has the meaning given in section 44 of the Petroleum Act 1998 M24,

• “upstream petroleum infrastructure” has the meaning given in section 9H of that Act M25, and

• “F29well” has the meaning given in section 45A(10) of that Act M26.

For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “accompanying child”, in relation to P, means a child who has arrived in the United Kingdom with P and for whom P has responsibility, or where P is a child, a child who has arrived in the United Kingdom with the person referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) and for whom that person has responsibility,

• “healthcare” means all forms of healthcare provided for individuals, whether relating to mental or physical health, including healthcare in connection with giving birth,

• “live donor” means a person who—

  1. a

     has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of donation of material which consists of or includes their human cells pursuant to arrangements made with a provider in the United Kingdom before travelling to the United Kingdom and which are to be used by the provider for the purpose of providing healthcare, and

  2. b

     is in possession of written confirmation of the arrangements from the provider, and

• “provider” means a provider of healthcare.

A person who has travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of transporting material which consists of, or includes, human cells or blood and which is to be used for the provision of healthcare by a healthcare provider.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “clinical trial” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “network and information” system has the meaning in regulation 1(2) of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 M28.

A person who has an offer of employment for seasonal work to carry out specified activities in edible horticulture on a named farm or farming land, but only to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (3).

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

• “seasonal work” is employment which fluctuates or is restricted due to the season or time of the year,

• “edible horticulture” means growing—

  1. a

     protected vegetables grown in glasshouse systems,

  2. b

     field vegetables grown outdoors, including vegetables, herbs, leafy salads and potatoes,

  3. c

     soft fruit grown outdoors or under cover,

  4. d

     trees that bear fruit,

  5. e

     vines and bines,

  6. f

     mushrooms,

• “specified activities” means—

  1. a

     crop maintenance,

  2. b

     crop harvesting,

  3. c

     tunnel construction and dismantling,

  4. d

     irrigation installation and maintaining,

  5. e

     crop husbandry,

  6. f

     packing and processing of crops on employers premises,

  7. g

     preparing and dismantling growing areas and media,

  8. h

     general primary production work in edible horticulture,

  9. i

     activities relating to supervising teams of horticulture workers.

A person described in sub-paragraph (1) is required to comply with regulation 6(2) as modified by regulation 6(5).

A domestic elite sportsperson, an international elite sportsperson, a domestic ancillary sportsperson F44, an international ancillary sportsperson or a multinational ancillary sportsperson.

For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “domestic ancillary sportsperson” means an individual essential to—

  1. a

     the running of an elite sports event including—

     1. i

        operational staff essential to the running of that elite sports event, and

     2. ii

        event officials and referees, or

  2. b

     the support of a domestic elite sportsperson including—

     1. i

        sports team medical, logistical, technical and administration staff,

     2. ii

        individual sportsperson medical and technical support staff,

     3. iii

        horse grooms and trainers,

     4. iv

        motorsport mechanics and technical staff, and

     5. v

        the parent or carer of an elite sportsperson under the age of 18,

• “domestic elite sportsperson” means an individual who—

  1. a

     derives a living from competing in a sport,

  2. b

     is a senior representative nominated by a relevant sporting body,

  3. c

     is a member of the senior training squad for a relevant sporting body,

  4. d

     is aged 16 or above and on an elite development pathway,

  5. e

     is in Scotland, after departing from or transiting through a non-exempt country or territory, and

  6. f

     either—

     1. i

        has departed from or transited through the non-exempt country or territory in order to F41train for, or participate in an elite sporting event and has returned to Scotland with the intention of continuing activities as a sportsperson, or

     2. ii

        is a United Kingdom sportsperson who is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom and has travelled to Scotland in order to participate in training for, or to compete in, an elite sports event,

• “elite sports event” means a specified competition or other sporting event in which the participants compete—

  1. a

     to derive a living, or

  2. b

     to qualify for the right to represent—

     1. i

        Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Tokyo or Beijing Olympic or Paralympic Games, or

     2. ii

        England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham in those sports which are not part of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games programme,

• “international ancillary sportsperson” means an individual essential to—

  1. a

     the running of a specified competition including—

     1. i

        operational staff essential to the running of that specified competition,

     2. ii

        competition officials and referees, and

     3. iii

        broadcast staff and journalists covering that specified competition, or

  2. b

     the support of an international elite sportsperson, including—

     1. i

        sports team medical, logistical, technical and administration staff,

     2. ii

        individual sportsperson medical and technical support staff,

     3. iii

        horse grooms and trainers,

     4. iv

        motorsport mechanics and technical staff, and

     5. v

        the parent or carer of an international elite sportsperson under the age of 18,

• “international elite sportsperson” means an individual who travels to Scotland in order to participate in a specified competition after departing from or transiting through a non-exempt country or territory at any time in the period beginning with the F5310th day before their arrival in Scotland and who—

  1. a

     derives a living from competing in a sport,

  2. b

     is a senior representative nominated by a relevant sporting body,

  3. c

     is a member of the senior training squad for a relevant sporting body, or

  4. d

     is aged 16 or above and on an elite development pathway, F42...

• F43“multinational ancillary sportsperson” means an individual who—

  1. a

     provides medical or technical support to a person in the United Kingdom who—

     1. i

        derives a living from competing in a sport,

     2. ii

        is a senior representative nominated by a relevant sporting body,

     3. iii

        is a member of the senior training squad for a relevant sporting body, or

     4. iv

        is aged 16 or above and on an elite development pathway,

  2. b

     is in Scotland, after departing from or transiting through a non-exempt country or territory,

  3. c

     has returned to Scotland with the intention of continuing to provide medical or technical support to a person described in sub-paragraph (a)(i) to (iv), and

  4. d

     has departed from or transited through the non-exempt country or territory in order to provide medical or technical support, other than as a domestic ancillary sportsperson, to a person described in sub-paragraph (a)(i) to (iv), and

• “specified competition” means a competition listed in F37schedule 3A.

Any person (P) who is an international elite sportsperson or an international ancillary sportsperson must on request provide to an immigration officer written evidence from a United Kingdom or Scottish sport national governing body of P’s status as an international elite sportsperson or international ancillary sportsperson attending a specified competition, as the case may be.

For the purposes of this paragraph, “elite sportsperson” means an individual who derives a living from competing in a sport.

A person engaged in film production or high-end TV production.

A person described in sub-paragraph (1) is exempt from the requirement in regulation 6(2) when outside of the place where they are staying in accordance with regulation 6(2) in order to directly travel to or from the place where the production is taking place and when they are in attendance at that location.